Coach Spotlight Series: Lauren Richards + MORE

A Guest Post from Amy Tiemann, PhD
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Donating to Youth Before the End of the Year
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Kids need to walk away from games with renewed confidence—or at least with their confidence intact.
In the third of our series of podcasts about post-game tips, that’s the idea we want parents and coaches to embrace. Kids are hard on themselves.
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The ever-so popular Coach Spotlight Series is back for another round! We’re headed back outdoors and to the pitch this week as we interviewed Lauren Richards, a superstar soccer coach from Frisco, Texas. Coach Lauren is one of our top soccer coaches in the country, so we wanted her to impart some wisdom for other […]
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